Top 25 Quotes by Chogyam Trungpa of 210 - Page 9

If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some manual work and physical effort is necessary.

If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some manual work and physical effort is necessary.

Chogyam Trungpa

Journey, Practice, Profound

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume One: Born in Tibet; Meditation in Action; Mudra; Selected Writings”, p.298, Shambhala Publications

Meditation practice is regarded as a good and in fact excellent way to overcome warfare in the world; our own warfare as well as greater warfare.

Chogyam Trungpa

Meditation Practice, Overcoming, Warfare

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.30, Shambhala Publications

The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism.

Chogyam Trungpa

Optimism, Fundamentals

Chogyam Trungpa (2011). “Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness”, p.214, Shambhala Publications

There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because you want to go so fast. You might actually be getting close to your goal.

Chogyam Trungpa

Ambition, Goal, Quality

No one can stop or control your thought process or your thinking. You can think anything you want. But that doesn't seem to be the point. The thinking process has to be directed into a certain approach... not in accord with certain dogma, philosophy, or concepts. Instead, one has to know the thinker itself.

Chogyam Trungpa

Philosophy, Thinking, Want

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Seven: The Art of Calligraphy (Excerpts); Dharma Art; Visual Dharma (Excerpts); Selecte d Poems; Selected Writings”, p.150, Shambhala Publications

When you put relative and absolute truth together and they become one unit, it becomes possible to make things workable. You are not too much on the side of absolute truth, or you would become too theoretical. You are not too much on the side of relative truth, or you would become too precise. When you put them together, you realize that there is no problem.

Chogyam Trungpa

Together, Too Much, Sides

Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than siding with this or that point of view.

Chogyam Trungpa

Eye, Reality, Views

It's all Ati. Now, let's be practical.

Chogyam Trungpa

Action, Practicals

One day passes and another day comes along, and everything happens the same. But basically, we are so afraid of the brilliance coming at us, and the sharp experience of our life, that we can't even focus our eyes.

Chogyam Trungpa

Eye, Focus, Grace

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Seven: The Art of Calligraphy (Excerpts); Dharma Art; Visual Dharma (Excerpts); Selecte d Poems; Selected Writings”, p.90, Shambhala Publications